Meeting Wednesday 8/31 ::: Retreat at Verizon and Ongoing Student Protest in Chile

--- MEETING THIS WEEK ---

Wednesday, August 31, 7pm

NOTE: We are back on campus at UH now. See below for location information.

The Verizon strike: What happened?

Let's re-visit the now called off Verizon strike. It was the most siginificant labor action in years and worth discussing what happened and where things are going from here.

Here are a couple of recent carticles regarding the Verizon strike:

http://socialistworker.org/2011/08/22/union-retreat-at-verizon

http://socialistworker.org/2011/08/22/bloombergs-gift-to-verizon

Also it is important to read what can happen when a strike is successful:

http://socialistworker.org/2011/08/26/wake-up-call-for-business

For additional context on labor unions and marxism. check out:

http://www.isreview.org/issues/78/feat-marxism&unions.shtml

Student Uprising In Chile

Since July there have been siginificant student protests underway in Santiago, Chile. We will be discussing what is going on and what it means. Here a number of articles to prepare for the discussion:

http://socialistworker.org/2011/08/01/struggles-erupt-across-chile

http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=23264

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chilean_protests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14487555

Location: University of Houston - Main Campus, in the Rodeo Room in the upstairs of the University Center (UC)